Quick links to procedures on this page:
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You can draw unconstrained lines by using the freehand drawing style, or you can draw straight lines.
When you draw a freehand stroke, you can drag with any motion or in any direction. The stroke follows your path.
Dragging to create freehand strokes.
When you draw a straight line stroke, Corel Painter connects points with a straight line.
To create a straight line stroke, you click to add the first point and then click or drag to create the stroke.
To draw freehand lines |
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On the Brush property bar, click the Freehand Strokes button .
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Drag on the canvas.
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You can use shortcut keys to toggle between the freehand and straight line
drawing styles. Press B to choose the freehand style, or V to choose the
straight-line style.
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To draw straight lines |
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On the Brush property bar, click the Straight Line Strokes button .
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Click a point on the canvas where you want to start your line.
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Do one of the following:
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Click the point where you want to end the line.
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Drag to place the end point exactly where you want it.
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Corel Painter connects the first and second points with a straight line. |
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To continue drawing from the second point, click or drag to create additional
points on the canvas.
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Corel Painter connects each point with a straight line. |
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To end a line, do one of the following:
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Press Return (Mac OS) or Enter (Windows) to close the polygon. The final point
is connected to the origin with a straight line.
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Click the Freehand Strokes button to return to the freehand drawing style
without closing the polygon.
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Press V to end the current polygon without closing it, so that you can begin a
new one.
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